Greenville, S.C. -- Trine Taule scored on a header off of a Samford free kick in the 105th minute to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 victory over Furman in Southern Conference women's soccer action on Sunday afternoon at Stone Soccer Stadium.

Adrianne Mancino lofted her set piece into the middle of the box and Taule's header, which caught Furman goalkeeper Jessica Smith charging off of her line, deflected off of the left post.  Smith appeared to have batted the rebound clear, but the assistant referee ruled that the whole ball had crossed the line for the match-winning goal.

"It's just a tough way to lose against a team that is among the best in this conference," said Furman head coach Andrew Burr.  "We fought hard and gave good effort, but came up short against a quality opponent."

The loss dropped Furman to 8-6-1 overall and 3-2-1 in SoCon play, while Samford upped its record to 6-5-2 overall and 4-0-2 in league play.

The Paladins looked to be in position to gain a result when senior Rachel Shelnutt earned a penalty kick in the third minute.  Shelnutt out ran her defender to a long ball from Alyssa Althoff and was tripped before being awarded the spot kick.  The St. Simons Island, Ga., native slotted her shot into the lower righthand corner for her ninth goal of the season to push Furman in front 1-0 at 2:34.

Samford levelled the match in the ninth minute as Taule played a ball to Sarah Wilkinson on the left side of the box and the Bulldog captain beat Smith with a low shot toward the middle of goal for her sixth tally of the season at 8:16.

Both teams found opportunities to break the deadlock following the restart.  Rachel Shelnutt was again played in behind the Samford defense only to see goalkeeper Alyssa Whitehead stop her driving shot from a tight angle down the right side of the box.  Smith held the Bulldogs at bay with a diving second half stop on a Michelle Moll shot for one of her six saves on the afternoon.

In overtime, Dee Makris rounded her defender near the left post , but could not get enough behind a shot that Whitehead collected on the bounce.  Smith matched her counterpart by turning away shots from Brittany Hoffman and Joy Grove in double overtime before Taule's shot crossed the line.

Whitehead saved six shots to earn the victory in net for the Bulldogs who held an 8-7 edge in shots on goal.

Furman travels to Elon next Friday to face the Phoenix at 7 p.m. before playing at UNC Greensboro next Sunday afternoon.

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